Chair and table assembly

Abstract

A folding combination chair and table assembly including a seat mounted on support legs and a back rest mounted on a support which is continuous with one of the legs; the back rest capable of rotation about said support such that in one position it forms a back rest and in another a bench or a table; wherein said back rest is supported by the support at a side edge of the back rest and wherein the support is disposed at a location which allows a person seated on the chair to adopt a first seated position in which the person back engages the back rest and a second seated position in which wherein the person may use the backrest as a table and rotate his or her legs from said first position to the second position without obstruction by said rest support member.

1. A folding combination chair and table assembly comprising a seat mounted on a plurality support legs and a back rest mounted on a support which is continuous with one of said legs; the back rest capable of rotation about said support such that in one position it forms a back rest and in a second position, a bench or table; wherein said back rest is supported by said support at a side edge of the back rest and wherein said support is disposed at a location which allows a person seated on the chair to adopt a first seated position in which the persons back engages said back rest and a second seated position wherein the person may use the back rest as a table and rotate his or her legs from said first seated position to said second seated position without obstiuction by said back rest support member; wherein said support member is integral with one of said legs and which terminates in a free end and located generally in a plane parallel to a plane of said seat; wherein the back rest is releasably attached to said free end of said support and rotatable about a longitudinal axis of and attached to said free end; wherein said back rest may be disposed at an angle parallel to said support or at an angle relative to the angle of said support; said strut having an angle of repose which is substantially the same as the angle of repose of said first leg and wherein a face of said back rest provides an upper surface of said table. 
   
   
     2. The chair table assembly according to  claim 1  wherein said beck rest futher comprising an opening which recieves and retains said free end of said support. 
   
   
     3. The chair table assembly according to  claim 2  wherein free end of said support further comprises a formation which enables said back rest to be releasably retained by said support. 
   
   
     4. The chair table assembly according to  claim 3  wherein said back rest may rotate relative to said support up to 360 degrees. 
   
   
     5. The chair table assembly according to  claim 4  wherein said formation on said free end comprises a locking dowel whose ends engage a corresponding recess formed in a member attached to said back rest. 
   
   
     6. The chair table assembly according to  claim 5  wherein said cut out portions are arranged to allow a predetermined degree of rotation of said back rest about said free end when said cut out portions engage with said locking dowel. 
   
   
     7. The chair table assembly according to  claim 6  wherein said locking dowel governs degree of rotation of said back rest by engagement with an edge of said cut out portions; wherein the cut out portions are disposed circumferentially about said member attached to said back rest. 
   
   
     8. The chair table assembly according to  claim 7  wherein said back support is disposed relative to said seat so as to allow a user to rotate 180 degrees from said first seated position to said second position facing said table surface and without obstruction from said support.